Tucson
Tucson Chamber
Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
GlobalADVANTAGE
Global Advantage is a network of cities and regions committed to working collaboratively to enhance mutual technology-based economic development.
TREO (Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities)
To meet the needs of a rapidly growing region, TREO serves as the lead economic development agency for the greater Tucson area and its surrounding community partners.
Phoenix
GPEC
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Phoenix Chamber
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau
Southern Arizona
AMIT
Aerospace, Manufacturing & IT Cluster
AZ Nano
Arizona Nanotechnology Cluster
BIO-SA
Bioindustry Association of Southern Arizona
ETIC
Environmental Technologies Industry Cluster
SA-PACM
Southern Arizona Plastics and Advanced Composite Materials Cluster
SATC
Southern Arizona Tech Council
International Trade Development Center
International Trade Development Center, Inc. (ITDC) is a 501(c)3, non-profit whose mission is to whose mission is to Identify, Evaluate and Develop commercially viable business opportunities that utilize Southern Arizona’s unique capabilities.
PCC Small Business Development Center
With an entrepreneurial spirit, Pima College’s Small Business Development Center provides high-impact consulting and training to companies with one to 200 employees in any type of business.
SAIAT
Southern Arizona Institute of Advanced Technology
Arizona
ADOC
Arizona Department of Commerce
Arizona State Legislator, House Roster
Districts 23 through 30 generally cover Southern Arizona
Arizona State Legislator, Senate Roster
Districts 23 through 30 generally cover Southern Arizona.
AzBusinessLINC
AzBusinessLINC.com
UA-OED
University of Arizona Office of Economic Development
UA-OTT
University of Arizona Office of Technology Transfer
Educational Links
FoTO
Friends of Tucson Optics Scholarships in Optical Sciences
GAZEL
Greater Arizona eLearning Association
High Tech Intern.com
High Tech Intern.com
MentorNet
E-Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science
Steward Obs
Steward Observatory
U of A Distance Learning
University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education & Academic Outreach
UA-OSC
University of Arizona Optics Sciences Center
Societies & Organizations
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
Arizona MEP
Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership
ICO
International Commission for Optics
ISO
International Standards Organization
ISO/TC172 & OEOSC
Optical Standards Development
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
OIDA
Optoelectonics Industry Development Association
OSA
Optical Society of America
SPIE
The International Society for Optical Engineering
Other Optics & Photonic Clusters
TNI
Texas Nanotechnology Initiative
Other Useful Links
Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology (CAPT) Center
The Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology (CAPT) Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to support the photonics industry. The CAPT Center offers services in metrology and surface characterization, photolithography, environmental testing, prototype packaging, and general optics testing.
Micro/Nano Fabrication Center
An educational, research and industrial resource center, the U of A Microelectronics Lab includes Class 100 Clean Room Space, Class 10 Room Space, The Water Room, Metallization, and Assembly tools. The lab consists of approx. 15, 000 sf with the following major process areas and outside services available: Photolithography, Etch, Wet Sink, Chemical, Mechanical Planarization (CMP), Thermal Oxidation and Anneal, Metrology, and Coming Soon! LPCVD.
OMIG
Opto-Mechanical Interest Group
Optics.Org
Photonic Resources for Scientists and Engineers
OSA’s WORKinOPTICS.com
OSA’s WORKinOPTICS.com
U of A Career Services
Wildcat JobLink
Pima County Community and Economic Development
Workforce Development One-Stop Career System Creating the Workforce for the 21st Century!
